State of Missouri v. Derrick L. Carrawell

Derrick Carrawell appeals his conviction of the class C felony of .possession of a controlled substance. § 195.202.1 A police officer searched a plastic grocery bag that Carrawell was holding after he was already handcuffed and seated in the police car and discovered heroin. Carrawell argues the circuit court erred and abused its *836discretion in overruling his motion to suppress evidence of the heroin because: (1) the State failed to show police had probable cause to arrest him for a peace disturbance, making the arrest unlawful, and (2) even if the arrest was lawful, the subsequent search of…